Upcoming meetings about Hays Co. water

Staff Report on January 30, 2015

Feb. 3 – 9 a.m. Hays County Commissioners Court at Court House in San Marcos

Feb. 4 – 6 p.m. Hays Trinity Groundwater District at Dripping Springs City Hall, 511 Mercer Street

Feb. 5 – 5:30 p.m. Hays County Commissioners Court at Government Center San Marcos

Each city, including Mountain City, State Representatives and Commissioners will have a seat on the board.

Feb. 10 – 6 p.m. State Rep. Jason Isaac’s Town Hall Meeting at the Wimberley Community Center. This meeting is just for water discussions. Representatives from Electro Purification, City of Buda, Goforth SUD and Clark Wilson/Anthem development will be present.

Hays County

BSEACD board position open after director resigns

By Sahar Chmais After nine years of serving as board secretary of the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD), Blake Dorsett has...

July 12, 2021

Hays County, News, Wimberley

Aquifer districts settle lawsuits: Needmore still allowed to pump 289 million gallons

By Sahar Chmais It was a fight between two aquifer districts, but in the end House Bill 3405, passed in 2015, meant that a permit allowing pumpage of ...

June 15, 2021

Dripping Springs, Hays County, News, Wimberley

Water, pipeline companies at odds over future wells

A Houston-based water supplier that was public enemy #1 in Hays County five years ago may have just engineered a significant delay in the construction...

April 8, 2020

Columns, Opinions

Common sense approach on large-volume groundwater pumping

Now is the time for the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) Board of Directors to adopt a moratorium on new large-volume pro...

July 17, 2019

News

Goforth SUD could obtain eminent domain powers

An area special utility district (SUD) could gain powers to build an 11-mile pipeline should officials approve a proposed groundwater permit to pump c...

July 17, 2019

Hays County

Experts fear negative impact from EP water permits

Two pending groundwater permits in Hays County, if approved, could severely damage the Trinity Aquifer, according to multiple hydrogeologists in the a...

July 10, 2019

Buda, Hays County, News

Mom claims Hays CISD could have done more to prevent child endangerment

By Brittany Kelley

April 30, 2025

BUDA — After discovering that her son’s former teacher was arrested for public intoxication, Christina Nichols was left wishing Hays CISD did more to ...

Breaking News, Hays County, Kyle, ...

Kyle Police investigate fatal crash on IH-35 near Yarrington Road

By Staff Report

March 18, 2025

KYLE – The Kyle Police Department is investigating a fatal collision that occurred at approximately 2 a.m. March 18 on southbound IH-35 near Yarringto...

Hays County, News

Joint operation leads to more than 40 arrests in Hays County

By Staff Report

April 2, 2025

AUSTIN — A joint investigation between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the San Antonio Poli...

Dripping Springs, Main, News

Three-car collision leaves one dead

By Staff Report

March 12, 2025

DRIPPING SPRINGS – A three-car collision left a 79-year-old woman dead March 1. At approximately 6:45 p.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS...

Breaking News, Dripping Springs, Hays County, ...

Former Dripping Springs Middle School teacher sentenced to 60 years in prison for possession of child pornography

By Staff Report

April 30, 2025

SAN MARCOS — Hays County District Judge Sherri K. Tibbe sentenced Kevin McLean, 33, to a total of 60 years in prison April 29; McLean entered a plea o...

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